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 PUBLIC LAW 97-218—JULY 20, 1982

96 STAT. 215

general statements based upon the reports of a number of parties which statements do not identify the information furnished by any person.". LONCMTERM GRAIN SALES AGREEMENT

SEC. 305. (a) The Congress finds that— (1) talks to extend the long-term grain sales agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States were broken off in 1981 with no date set for resumption of these talks; (2) the Government of the Soviet Union for all practical purposes has ceased to purchase United States agricultural commodities since the breaking off of negotiations; (3) the lack of a long-term grain sales agreement may result in market instability, with the potential of disrupting the feedlivestock relationship in the United States; (4) the lack of such an agreement may result in uncertainty among farmers as to the best planting decisions for the upcoming crop year; (5) the lack of such an agreement has already led the Soviet Union to seek other sources of supplies at the expense of the American farmer; and (6) the lack of such an agreement means a drop in the export of agricultural commodities and continued severe difficulties with the balance of trade deficit of the United States. (b) It is the sense of the Congress that the President should immediately resume negotiations with the Government of the Soviet Union for the purpose of reaching an agreement to extend the duration of the existing long-term grain sales agreement and to require the purchase by the Government of the Soviet Union of a minimum amount of grain annually at a level not less than the level required by the existing long-term grain sales agreement. UMrrATION ON THE SALE OF TOBACCO FLOOR SWEEPINGS

SEC. 306. The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended by adding immediately after section 314 thereof the following new section: "SEC. 314A. (a) Effective for the 1982 and subsequent crops of tobacco, the marketing of floor sweepings of any kind of tobacco in excess of allowable floor sweepings shall be subject to a civil penalty of 150 per centum of the average market price (calculated to the nearest whole cent) for such kind of tobacco for the immediately preceding marketing year. Such penalty shall be paid by any person found by the Secretary to have marketed such floor sweepings in excess of the allowable amount. "(b) The penalty provided for in subsection (a) shall be assessed by the Secretary only after the person alleged to have marketed floor sweepings in excess of allowable floor sweepings has been given notice and an opportunity for hearing and the Secretary has determined by decision incorporating the Secretary's findings of fact that a violation did occur and the amount of the penalty. "(c) The provisions of section 376 of this title shall apply to penalties under this section. "(d) As used in this section—

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Penalties. 7 USC 1314-1.

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